Bayer Builds Polyols Unit at Antwerp

12:28 PM MDT | October 3, 2007 | Chemical Week Editorial Staff

Bayer MaterialSciences says it plans to invest €40 million ($56.7 million) to build a polymer-filled polyether polyols (PMPO) plant at Antwerp. The plant will have capacity for 60,000 m.t./year and is scheduled for commissioning in late 2008, Bayer says. It will use Bayer’s novel PMPO technology, which makes products that contain low levels of volatile organic compounds and yields a 25% reduction in plant construction costs and energy consumption, Bayer...